# The Skills Gap in Automated Manufacturing and Industrial Workforce Retraining

- Source: Robotics & Automation News
- Published: 2026-10-20T10:03:19.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/hh2k4uq1l1pdcd4xwwin42t3v
- Original: https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/10/20/automation-created-a-training-problem-upskilling-the-industrial-workforce/106096/

## Summary

The International Federation of Robotics' World Robotics 2025 report shows 542,076 new industrial robots installed in one year, while Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute predict that by 2033 manufacturing will need to add 3.8 million workers, with up to 1.9 million positions potentially going unfilled.